All of the rooks came off rather quickly, leaving a middlegame with each side having queen and three minor pieces. Stockfish ended up with a queenside pawn majority, but wasn't able to prevent Houdini from administering perpetual check. Stockfish leads by 29.5-26.5 (five wins to two).

After the queens were exchanged during the opening phase, Stockfish tried to turn a spatial edge into an advantage, but without success. Eventually, Stockfish was happy to take a threefold repetition. Stockfish leads by 30.0-27.0 (five wins to two).

Stockfish was able to create a passed a-pawn, but unable to gain anything from it. As material came off the board, the game ceased with a tablebases draw. Stockfish still holding match point with a score of 30.5-27.5 (five wins to two).

In a Kings Indian Saemisch, Stockfish was able to win the exchange during the early middlegame..Houdini held its own for a long time and looked like it might salvage the game, but eventually Stockfish traded off into an ending in which it was able to find a winning plan. Stockfish takes match victory by being the first to win six games. The final match score is 31.5-27.5 (six wins to two).